Shi Qingluo thought of a question.

“Xi Rong hasn’t married yet? Or at least settled his engagement?”

If she had, why would she run away from home?

Xiao Hanzheng replied, “When the princess was still alive, they settled Xi Rong’s engagement in a baby engagement ceremony.

“Although the princess and her husband passed away early, Xi Rong was brought up in the palace, so not only did her fiancé’s family not break off the engagement, they were also very enthusiastic about this marriage.

“The plan was for her fiancé to marry Xi Rong when she turned 16. Who knew that a year before the wedding ceremony, Xi Rong’s fiancé secretly raised a mistress.

“Then, Xi Rong found out.

“She directly brought her people to their house to whip her fiancé and his mistress. Then, she wrote a letter of annulment and threw it to him.

“At that time, this matter caused quite a stir in the capital.

“Many people scolded Xi Rong behind her back for not obeying her roles and morals as a woman.

“The yushi even raised this to the court.

“The emperor doted on Xi Rong like a daughter, so he protected her.

“Not only did he scold the yushi, he even let Xi Rong inherit the Xi family’s title as the female heir and made an exception to make her the new Nanshan marquess.”

“The court was shaken back then, and many old fogies stood out to oppose it.

“After all, there weren’t any female marquesses from the previous dynasties till today.

“But this was beyond their pay grade.

“The emperor was firm in his decision, so others could only acquiesce.

“Because of Xi Rong’s previous feats, no one else proposed to marry her.

“She didn’t care either.

“She even said that at worst, she wouldn’t get married for the rest of her life.

“She even made the emperor, who originally wanted to bestow a marriage on her, to take back his order.

“The emperor and empress dowager owed her, so they let her be.

“Xi Rong was totally set free.

“From then on, she hung out with Xi Rui and the rest of the hedonists in the capital.

“In addition, she had a strong background and a strong personality.

“Anyone she disliked would immediately be whipped.

“That was why she was the famous female devil queen in the capital.

“Her reputation was also getting from bad to worse.

“Although no one dared to provoke her, no one dared to marry her too.”

In his previous life, when he died, Xi Rong was still single.

She had even formed a female army contingent.

He added, “Although Xi Rong and Xi Rui’s reputations in the capital are not very good, they have never bullied the vulnerable.

“Xi Rong has also dealt with a lot of evil aristocratic family members and whipped quite a number of evil people.

“Hence, she is known as the female tigress in the capital.”

She was much better than those who acted all high and mighty.

Shi Qingluo really did not expect Xi Rong to be so valiant.

“A woman can act as she wishes. She’s really dashing and cool!”

Shi Qingluo sighed. “Her life is what many women envied.”

Of course, the reason why Xi Rong could live like this was also because she had a strong background, so she could be willful.

Xiao Hanzheng paused for a moment and said, “I think you are pretty good to stay who you are now.”

Xi Rong was still too valiant.

He did not want his wife to become as valiant as her.

Shi Qingluo laughed softly. “Brother Zheng, you’re so funny!”

There was only one Xi Rong in Daliang.

Nobody would replicate her success and elegance.

There wasn’t a need for her young husband to worry.

Liang Youxiao and the other two ran away from home happily, but the capital was in chaos.

Xi Rui was the sweetheart of the old lady in the public administrator office.

When she heard that her grandson had run away from home, she was so angry that she scolded Xi Xinheng.

She even used her walking stick to give Xi Xinheng a few blows.

The Liang family was much calmer.

After all, Liang Youxiao had run away from home before.

However, the old lady also scolded Liang Mingcheng.

Both of them brought their personal attendants along to attend the martial arts competition.

After the Xi family and the Liang family interacted with each other, they roughly guessed that the two of them should have gone to Nanxi county, so they did not bother about it.

However, they did not expect that news would quickly come from the palace.

The two bastards had actually brought Xi Rong along.

This news shocked Xi Xinheng and Liang Mingcheng.

After scolding their bastard sons in their hearts, they suddenly felt that they had been too lenient earlier.

Hence, the two of them immediately went into the palace to report what they knew.

The empress dowager and the emperor seemed to be more at ease than they expected after listening to their words.

Meanwhile, Xi Xinheng and Liang Mingcheng also found that the empress dowager, who was rumoured to be seriously ill, seemed to be in good health.

Their hearts skipped a beat.

They wondered if the emperor and the empress dowager had some plans in mind?

Both of them were smart people and had similar thoughts.

“Since Rongrong went out to play with the young masters of your manors, I’m relieved.”

The empress dowager held a string of Buddhist beads in her hand and gently played with them. “She has been in the capital for a long time. It’s good for her to go out and get some fresh air.”

Her son had sent guards to protect her secretly, so she did not have to worry about her safety.

In fact, they had already received the news that Xi Rong went out with Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao.

Everyday, they would also receive new updates.

Xi Xinheng and Liang Mingcheng thought to themselves, but we are worried!

If anything happened to this demoness, their two bastards would be in trouble.

The next time they come back, it is better to break their legs.

The emperor thought for a moment and said, “Since they have gone to Nanxi county, let them be.”

Recently, he had received a lot of news about Nanxi county.

Naturally, he heard of Shi Qingluo, the old immortal’s disciple.

There was also the Xiao Yuanshi’s incident, as well as the Xiao young couple’s doings in Nanxi county.

It wasn’t bad for his niece to go and find out more about Shi Qingluo.

Although his niece was usually a little mischievous, she was smart.

Liang Mingcheng could not help but ask, “Your Majesty, aren’t you going to bring them back?”

“No need, let them enjoy themselves.”

The emperor waved his hand and continued, “I will send a message to let Mo Qingling take care of them.”

He thought for a moment and added, “Announce to the public that Rong’er is going to look for the divine doctor’s disciple on behalf of her grandmother.”

The empress dowager added, “Yes, Rong’er is a good child. When she saw that I was sick, she was worried and left the capital to look for the divine doctor’s disciple. She wants to invite him to take a look at my health.”

Liang Mingcheng and Xi Rong uttered under their breaths, if Xi Rong was a good child, then their two sons would not be labelled as dandies.

The empress dowager’s lying technique was getting better and better.

Wasn’t she just trying to cover up that Xi Rong sneaked out?

And the empress dowager and the emperor even manage to come up with such a good excuse.

Xi Xinheng smiled and said, “Yes, she has always been a filial and good child.”

Liang Mingcheng, who stood beside him, was speechless.

He was also shameless to actually have the nerve to praise her.

What else could he do? He could only follow suit and praise him.

“We should allow the marquess to fulfil her filial piety.”

“I’ll get someone to deliver a letter to that good-for-nothing of mine. I’ll get him to protect the marquise well. He must find the divine doctor’s disciple for her.”

Seeing that the two of them were so tactful, the empress dowager and the emperor were satisfied.

The empress dowager stroked her forehead. “I’m not feeling well. You can leave now.”

Xi Xinheng and Liang Mingcheng knew very well that this was a hint that they could not go out and reveal the empress dowager’s health condition.

The two of them nodded knowingly. “Yes!”

On the other hand, at the general’s residence.

Ge Chunru handed Xiao Yuanshi a letter when he came to visit her.

“General, I originally sent someone to Nanxi county to see if I could find a good wife for Hanzheng. Who knew that I would discover this.”

She looked troubled. “After thinking about it, I better not hide it from you.”

Xiao Yuanshi took the letter and opened it.

After reading it, his face turned dark and gloomy. “Bastard, he’s simply a bastard.”

The letter only focused on one main issue – the ins and outs of how the Wu family had been schemed against by the Shi family.

After reading it, he could not help but recall what had happened to him.

These were too similar to be a coincidence.

It meant that his bad daughter-in-law was definitely involved in the plot against him.